Polk youths honored by Auxiliary and co op meeting broaden sales
Lois Light named as Junior representative to Cornhusker Girls State by the American Legion Auxiliary with alternate Alice Janky. Polk County farmers report 196? sales of $334,206.51 and net earnings of $19,943.65 at the 27th annual Polk County Farmer Cooperative meeting in Stromsburg. Byron Torell elected five year director. O R Hennings chairs meeting. Nitrogen plant progress noted. Kings X film shown. lunch served by Greens Chapel Church. Stromsburg Bank sponsors treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Lois
Polk High School
Alice Janky
Ted Janky
Farmerg Union Cooperative of] ~ Association, ~Inc
Polk County
Swanson Hall
Stromsburg
O. R. Hennings
Gale Anderson
Nebraska Cooperative Council
Kurtz Ebbert
CCA
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kan
Byron Torell
D R. Hennings
Greens Chapel
Stromsburg Bank
Ruby announces engagement of Shirley to Weed
Mr and Mrs George W Ruby of Gibbon announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley to AT3 Merlon Weed of Kearney. The couple plans a June wedding. Miss Ruby teaches commercial subjects in Polk schools.
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George W. Ruby
Gibbon
Shirley
AT3
Merlon Weed
Kearney
Miss Ruby
Polk
Wesley Reist Resigns From Poll Music Teacher Post
Wesley Reist told the school board he will not return to teach in Poll next year. He has accepted an assistant professorship in music at the University of Nebraska and will pursue a Masters degree while continuing studies. He may lead the community band and direct summer concerts.
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Wesley Reist
Reist
University of Nebraska
Randall Arnold Born At Stromsburg Hospital
A baby boy weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces was born early Monday morning at Stromsburg Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Neuhaus. The father announced the child will be named Randall Arnold and respond to that name.
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Arnold Neuhaus
Stromsburg Hospital
Randall Arnold
Mr and Mrs Floyd Lyle celebrate silver wedding anniversary
The article notes Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lyle marking their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with broad smiles. Readers had seen the couple before. the photos arrived too late to run in last week’s Progress.
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Floyd Lyle
Obituary Mrs Grover Coleman
Pearl Susan Starmer Coleman born December 29 1892 Scribner Nebraska died March 12 1954 St Francis Hospital Grand Island. She married Grover Coleman April 30 1914 at Fremont moved from Thayer to Rogers had four children. Survived by husband four children eleven grandchildren three brothers two sisters and several relatives. Funeral at Brauer Funeral Home Polk officiated by EB L Stumbo and Glen Bettenhausen with quartet singing four hymns. Buried Ulysses Nebraska.
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Pearl Susan Starmer Coleman
Scribner
Nebraska
Moses Starmer
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Grover Coleman
Fremont
Thayer
Rogers
Virgil
Laramie
Wyoming
Victor
Phillips
Virginia Nitze
Central City
Vernice Olsen
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Frank Starmer
Jasper Starmer
Arthur Starmer
Linnie White
Omaha
Elise Lindquist
Monroe Hawely
Church of Christ
Royal Neighbor
Hordville
Ulysses
Brauer Funeral Home
Polk
Reuben Gustafson
Martin McConnell
Roy Nelson
Reynold Perry
John Weburg
Gilbert Neckar
EB L, Stumbo
Aurora
Glen Bettenhausen
Harold Cash
Robert Silvey
Grady Gully
Garden
Isle of Somewhere
Widga and Roberts announce engagement
Mr and Mrs Walter Widga announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Ann to Eugene L Roberts of Tecumseh. The couple has no definite wedding plans. Both Miss Widga and Mr Roberts work at Western Electric Company in Lincoln.
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Walter Widga
Mary Ann
Eugene L. Roberts
Tecumseh
Miss Widga
Mr. Roberts
Western Electric Company
Lincoln
Gaylen Holmes Begins Eight Weeks of Basic Training at Fort Bliss
Pvt. Gaylen D. Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holmes of Polk, starts eight weeks of basic training at the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Replacement Center, Fort Bliss Texas. The program covers infantry basics rifle and machine gun marksmanship and field maneuvers with potential further training at Fort Bliss in AAA techniques and electronic equipment for firing at various aerial targets.
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Pvt
Gaylen D. Holmes
Paul Holmes
Polk
Fort Bliss
Texas
Gaylen
Ft. Bliss
Thhe Aaa Rtc
Legion Auxiliary Hosts Family Night for 35th Birthday
The Legion Auxiliary celebrated the Legion's 35th birthday with a 6:30 dinner at the Legion Hall, entertaining Legion members and their families.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Legion Hall
Mother Of Pork Lady Dies In Adams Nebraska
Mrs. J. V. Zuver mother of Mrs. Oscar Sundberg died Monday evening in Adams Nebraska after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Zuver on Wednesday at Adams.
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J. V. Zuver
Oscar Sundberg
Adams
Nebr
Zuver
Auxiliary Awards For Essay Winners At Legion Hall
The Auxiliary held its regular meeting on Monday March 8 at the Legion Hall. Miss Mabel Lucado read essays on My American Citizenship What It Means to Me. Bill McNaught won first prize $5.00 and Jack Larkin won second prize $2.50.
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Legion Hall
Mabel Lucado
Ilos Ostberg
Bill McNaught
Jack Larkin
Ardigs Wilhelms
Grand Island
Polk 4-H Members Star on Omaha TV Studio
Twenty one Pleasant Homemakers and Jolly Juniors 4-H Club members performed their prize winning skit Telling the 4-H Story in an Omaha studio during National 4-H Week. Attendance reached thirty five Polk supporters including leaders and parents with special recognition to Sondra Hill who received a watch for a top ten national report.
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Pleasant Homemakers
Jolly
Omaha
Polk
Sondra Hill
Dorothea Holstein
Lincoln
Sondra
Club Congress
Chicago
Kenneth
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Lois Light
Polk At Cornhusker Girl’s State
Erwin Light
Mr. and
Mrs
Europe
Arvid Carlson
Alvin Stranberg
Tunis Anderson
Floyd Johnson
David Johnson
Gustafson
Karlberg
Ratzlaff
Harold Ortegren
Leonard Johnson
Emmett Shoup
Gaylen Holmes
Doris Ostberg
Polk 4-H
4-H
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